Analysis of Why does she put me to many indignities
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Why does she put me to many indignities,
Shifts to prevent myself thinking upon her,
My golden Katie, who loveth not kisses?
I wear my new dresses and put on silk stockings,
All to prevent myself thinking upon her,
Who is more lovely than fair river-lilies.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111100100 1101110010 1101011110 111110011110 1101110010 11110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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